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Candace Calloway Whiting has studied and trained dolphins, seals, and orca whales. She is currently a volunteer at the Center for Whale Research at Friday Harbor.

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Update 5/6/2012 – “Two dolphins who died a slow, agonising death at a zoo after it hosted a rave were probably killed by a party-goer’s heroin substitute, according to a leaked toxicology report. (Daily Mail) Prosecutors said at the time that they were considering negligence charges because they believed antibiotics given by zoo vets were […]
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For decades we have offered them protection from intentional harm, and there are individual whales in this population who have never experienced being shot, harassed, or netted. They are amazingly tolerant of our activities and interest in them, and never harm us. So the question is, can we now justify applying painful tags to their dorsal fins in order to acquire data? Is it not a breach of the trust we offer them?
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Periodically, in the quiet slush of fallen snow the rare snorcas begin to appear. Highly transient and endangered by local warming they are difficult to find – but fortunately, they have been photographed in increasing numbers recently. Brad Handsome of the NMNFL (National Marine No Fish Left Agency) tried in vain to affix satellite tags […]
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The prestigious Library Journal (read by bookstores and libraries when doing their ordering) has selected 13 titles being released in July (out of hundreds) to highlight and preview, and included among them is this masterful work by David Kirby.
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Sure, plastic makes our lives easier and it is impossible to escape its use entirely, but bit by bit plastic is destroying ocean life, and permeating the food you eat. From The Ecology Center: …some chemicals migrate from the plastic packaging to the foods they contain. Examples of plastics contaminating food have been reported with […]
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Here is the challenge – if you can come up with a valid, indisputable reason supporting horse slaughter, Jerry Finch – the president of the non-profit horse rescue organization Habitat for Horses - wants to hear from you. He is fed up with the double-speak and rationale behind the slaughter industry as well as the […]
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“Actor William Shatner gets a kiss from Yaka the killer whale at a Vallejo California wildlife park, in this March 16 1987 photo.” Photo: Jerry Telfer / The Chronicle “Vigga (?) the whale jumps over William Shatner. The actor was quoted later in Herb Caens column: It was like nearly being hit by a 747 […]
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Back in July of 2006, Japan’s Institute of Cetacean “Research” released the following: ADULT FEMALE MINKES NEARLY ALL PREGNANT A scientific paper from Japan’s Antarctic research program shows that almost 95 percent of adult Antarctic minke females are pregnant during the summer feeding months in the Southern Ocean. Research from the program has shown that […]
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The brilliant law firm, Harris and Moure, filed a motion to dismiss Japan’s claims that acts of piracy and terrorism were committed against them by the activists, and the legal document illustrates why this is not even a question appropriate for the U.S. justice system in the first place.
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In a high seas game of cat and mouse, three protesters boarded a Japanese whaling fleet ship as that ship chased the Sea Shepherd boat “Steve Irwin”. The protesters were hoping to force the Japanese boat to return to Australia. But the Japanese just kept pursuing the Irwin with the protesters on board, and are considering taking them back to Japan for a trial.
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